Notes to Self

For our last, unstructured session, we’ll do some more sending and copying using these lists of fruits and vegetables, and animals.  As with the exercise we did with the state abbreviations, send a word to the next person, they’ll send the word back, “R” if correct.  (If they don’t copy, “?” to resend)  They’ll send a word to the next...

This is the ad hoc, unscripted part of the course. Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Bonus homework:If you can, listen to the K1USN SST on Sunday either on air or via Web SDR, see what you can pick off. If you want to try to make an on-air...

For the bonus homework: Compose an amateur radio-related haiku, a three-line poem where the lines are 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively.  Some examples from a prior class are below.  As you practice at home, think of where it would be appropriate to add additional spacing to compensate for the lack of context clues: No propagationUntil someone calls CQThen the...

For the bonus homework:The session includes abbreviations and pro signs.  I’ve attached two PDF files.  qcodes.pdf has a nice half-page of common abbreviations and some Q codes used in nets, fsd218.pdf, from ARRL has pro signs on the fourth page.   Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Unfortunately, I didn’t write...

1) Prepare to send QSO information about the weather, rig (if you don’t have one, what you would buy with unfettered use of the CW Academy AmEx card), and the year you became a ham.   Examples: WX IS HVY RAIN AND WIND TEMP IS 50RIG IS KX3HAM SINCE 2015 “ES” is often used as an abbreviation for “AND” (and as...

In the official CWOPS Beginner Book, session 11 is divided into copying segments:  [Your callsign] de k6rbur rst 579 nr sf name rob hw? [Your callsign] de k6rb k [Your callsign] de n3jt ur rst is 5nn <bt>qth mclean va ? Mclean va <bt>op is jim de n3jt [Your callsign] de w1rm <bt>ur rst 569 569 in ct name is pete...

Session 10 covers Q, X, Z and <BK>. The audio file (thank you again, Mateo) is here – 25cpm rate, 7wpm Farnsworth spacing. Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 In the official CWOPS Beginner Book, session 10 is divided into copying segments:  K, J, 8, 0, X, Q, Z,...

Session 9 covers 0, 8, J and K, and introduces the first pro-sign, <BT>. The audio file (thank you again, Mateo) is here – 25cpm rate, 7wpm Farnsworth spacing. Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 <BT> is the notation for a pro code. It can also be written...